Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver Launches With 94% Steam Rating
Double Fine released Thank You Bus Driver on October 14, 2026, priced at $4.99, but the game peaked at just 99 concurrent Steam players.
Double Fine Productions released Thank You Bus Driver on Steam on October 14, 2026, and the $4.99 first-person driving simulator has drawn a 94% positive rating from users on the platform, according to gamerant.com. The score covers 127 user reviews at the time of writing.
Player counts have been small: the game peaked at 99 concurrent Steam players one day after launch and has since averaged 25 to 30 daily players. Double Fine describes the monochromatic title as "Crazy Taxi meets Papers, Please."
In the game, players take the role of a bus driver who must deliver passengers to their stops and enforce bus rules; collecting "Thank Yous" grants more time to reach the next destination.
Thank You Bus Driver is the first release from Double Fine Action Labs, the studio's in-house experimental team, and the studio's first launch since it became independent from Xbox.
Earlier releases this year
Double Fine became independent from Xbox in July 2026 amid a large wave of layoffs. Its spring 2026 multiplayer title Kiln drew only 193 Steam users within 24 hours of launch, though it was also available on PC Game Pass at release. Keeper was shadow dropped on PS5 on September 3, 2026, following a State of Play broadcast; it originally released on PC and Xbox in October 2025 and is available on Xbox Game Pass Premium for PC and console.
Quick answers
How much does Thank You Bus Driver cost on Steam?
It is priced at $4.99 on Steam.
When did Thank You Bus Driver come out?
Double Fine Productions released it on Steam on October 14, 2026.
What is Thank You Bus Driver about?
It is a first-person driving simulator with a monochromatic art style in which players deliver passengers to their stops and enforce bus rules, collecting "Thank Yous" to gain more time to reach the next destination.